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Bayern Munich striker, Robert Lewandowski has won the
Footballer of the Year in Germany, just one week after completing a
treble with the Bavarians.
The 32-year-old Polish frontman scored 276 votes in the poll
conducted by sports magazine, Kicker, to beat teammates
Thomas Müller (54) and Joshua Kimmich (49) to the prize.
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@lewy_official has been voted
Germany’s Footballer of the Year, ahead of Müller and Kimmich
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Lewandowski, who was in sensational form during the 2019/2020
campaign, netted 55 goals to help Bayern win the Bundesliga, DFB
Cup and Champions League.
In what many pundits have described as a near-perfect run, the
Pole finished as the top scorer in all three competitions, becoming
the first non-German after Belgian star Kevin De Bruyne (2015) to
win the award.
He scored 34 goals in the just-concluded Bundesliga season,
earning him the top scorer prize for the fifth time and also bagged
15 goals in the Champions League and six in the DFB Cup.
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German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer raises the European Champion Clubs’
Cup during the trophy ceremony after winning at the end of the UEFA
Champions League final football match between Paris Saint-Germain
and Bayern Munich at the Luz stadium in Lisbon on August 23, 2020.
MATTHEW CHILDS / POOL / AFP
‘I Have Worked Hard’
Following his spectacular feat, the Polish captain says he is
proud of his achievements, saying “I have worked hard” for
them.
Despite accolades from fans and pundits alike following a
spectacular campaign, the former Borrusia Dortmund forward,
however, has set his sights on trying “to surpass them every
year.”
Since teaming up with the German side in 2011, Lewandowski has
won the best player in his country eight times, earning him the
record holder tag for the prize.
Although Bayern Head coach Hansi Flick, does not believe in
singling out individual players, the gaffer who was also named as
the Coach of the Year, told the club’s website that Lewandowski is
“an incredibly important player for us, as are so many others.”